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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1941-12-17

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Are We One People?
In the* past month I have travelled from one end of the
continent to the othei'—through big towns, little towns and
villages. And, whenever I have spoken, 1 have been asked one
question-^!-**; "there a difference between the people in the
various sections of this land of ours ?
>,- If there is, I have not found it—for the one thing which
impressed me most was the unity of purpose on basic questions; The difference lies in the method by which that purpose,is to be achieved.
7 Fundamentally jthe desires are the same—a home; v a
family, honest work at fair recompense, friends and leisure
time enough" to "enjoy life. But these" desires imply other
things as well—a home safe from fear; a family growing
together with common ideals and aspirations; honest work
at some constructive task, at a recompense that will enable
a.'famify to live decently, honestly and with enough margin
to- save for the future: friends who are free to be loyal and
kind; leisure in.which to learn and in which to take part in
community life, to seiwe as a citizen for the betterment of
ap. . ' ' '
\ These are the basic aspirations. But they-require peace
and prosperity' to work them out. Not a peace of appeasement nor a prosperity of wild speculation,, but a peace based
on justice toward all and a prosperity with a sound economic
footing. '. -7.• - .. :-y ■■- .
i\ ,We can-'achieve this* goal in our time—for bur children's
time;—if we act as a^iatjon. We are the greatest single force
ii ,the world today^3^^^ct..a&.-.ONE—not in slavish obedi-
ence/but in willing.ctJop^ation. We have the " natural' resources and the:p'rodJjc^^ability to make us ...the-strongest
VOL. 19—No. 8
NORTH CANTON,. STARK COUNTY. OHIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1941
$1.50 PER YE.4R
Red Cross Starts War
Drive for Fifty IVIillion
Ten Thousand Red Cross Nurses, Nurses' Aides, Knitters
and Sewers Needed in Addition to Funds for War Relief
mine, peace and;to .achieve justice for all mankind.-
,' But we can't' do-it sitting back on the side lines criticizing. The people of this country want the same things, no
matter for which party they vote, or to which church they
go- Let us, the people of the United States, act together now.
Let us not be misled by alien agitators or publicity seeking
dissenters into thinking- there is disunity. Let us weld the
bonds of unity stronger than, ever to defend a .common ideal
in theface of common danger! Let us prove to the world that
•we are ONE people.
A Prayer for the President
From the Writings of Dr. Charles Stelzle
Thou Great Sovereign of all nations, Thou King of
Kings, and Lord of hosts, in these perilous times of war and
rumors of war, when all the powers of hate have been loosed
to-kill and to destroy, we pray that Thy Spirit may steady
the minds and quicken the hearts of those who call themselves by Thy name,, acknowledging Thee as Father.
' We pray especially for the President of these United
States, upon whom-has been laid heavy burdens and grave
responsibilities, as he speaks for our country and for its
people.
- Renew his strength as daily his burdens increase. Give
him the wisdom and understanding that cometh only from
above. Protect him from those whose motives and methods
are prompted by* the spirit of selfishness or personal ambition.
; Show him Thy will. Out of the conflict of counsel may
T;hy voice come unto him saying: This is the way—walk ye
ii*t it. And as Thy will is revealed, increase his faith, so that
he may go forth in thJe consciousness of having-fulfilled the
task committed to him.
' Arid we pray that -he, with us, shall seek above all things
else to honor and glorify Thee, hastening the coming of Thy
Kingdom upon earth, and the rule" of the spirit of brother-
Hood-in the-lives and the hearts of all peoples of the earth
sp-that all nations may dwell together in peace and unity.
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When Tomorrow Comes
■' How" are we going to find jobs when this emergency is
oVer?"
* "'"That's a thought in the minds of millions of men and
women who are now working in defense factories all over the
country. What will happen to them when America beats its
swords into plowshares?
Industry is tackling that problem right now, along with
the dozens of other problems created by defense production
itself. It's laying plans for a speedy change-over to increased
civilian manufacturing when this emergency is ended.
77 Even while they're busy turning out more and better
armaments, many companies are studying defense inventions, trying to .figure out peace-time applications for them.
At the same time they're continuing their customary research on civilian articles. They're developing new products
O'f every description—developing them right up to the point
Where they can be put on the market. Only, instead of putting them on the market now, they're storing them away on
the shelf. When this emergency ends, those new products
will-be taken down and put into production immediately.
■ - Facts like these indicate that industry, as usual, is doing
its job .today and planning ahead for its job tomorrow. And
when, .tomorrow comes, it will have many new articles ' to
ipahufac,t*ure,^In manufacturing them it will be able to create
new* job-f. aai^'give"tisi all more of the comforts and conven-
feP.QfiS^fXWeithat^^^mericans "want.-
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"What are yon doing to help
vour country today in ber hour of
need?"
That is the question every loyal
American might well ask himself
as the struggle in the Pacific region grows more violent and tlie
war in Europe comes to our shorelines.
At the moment was was declared
the American Red Cross, plung-ed
into unlimited tasks- ahead of it
and is now working on "a complete
war basis. There - will have to be
more materials made for civilians
and soldiers. There must.be a huge
increase in funds to carry on the
work which lies ahead.
The national war time, quota for
funds has been set at 550,000,000.
Canton area quota is $7,000, only
a small portion of the entire fund.
But it is going to take the cooperation of every person to put across
the drive. If each person in the district would contribute one rlav's
woik to the drive there would be
twice the amount contributed for
which the.quota calls.
All funds contributed to the Red
Cross in this present drive, which
is not the regular Red - Cross roll
call, will'be used for relief work in
war activities.-They will be used
for aid throughout the nation in
cases of sabotage as well as direct
war disaster.
Funds may be sent directly to
Canton Red Cross headquarters,
turned in at. the Red Cross booth
on the Canton square or tuinfd in
at either the George D. Ha iter
branch or, the Citizens' branch in
North Canton.
Individuals, clubs or any other
organizations are asked to do all
they can to help in this cause. In
addition to funds being accepted at
the bank, solicitors may call for
them. All persons turning money
over to solicitors should be certain
that it is going to the Red Cross.
Those who collect money will have
receipts which they may give io
doners to prove they are Red Cross
workers.
, In addition to funds* there is a
great'-need for volunteer worke
both*in sewing**projects
■nursing. - ' *: "
Ten thousand additional Red
Cross nurses are needed at once for
work throughout the nation and
many more volunteer nurses' aid-es
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Dealer Funeral
Held Tuesday
Auto Accident Victim Buried
in Calvary Cemetery
Funeral services were-held Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock for Austin Bealer, veteran Hoover employee who died early Saturday
morning from, injuries suffered in
an automobile accident Friday evening.
Mr. Bealer was injuied when his
automobile left the, highway on
Wise road, and struck a tree on the
left side of the highway. He was
taken to Mercy hospital by a passing motorist but was unable to be
questioned concerning the accident.
He is survived by bis widow,
Mrs. Vietta E. Bealer; his father,
David Bealer of Greentown; seven
brothers, Charles and Frank of
Canton, John of Akron, Willis and
Raymond of Greentown, Fred of
Springfield Lake, and George of
Wise Road; and five sisters, Mrs.
Charles Stull of Alliance, Mrs. Ellis Hossler and Mrs. Ray Schroyer
of Greentown, Mrs. Arthur Gitz
and Mrs. David Mackin of Wise
road.
Rev. Fr. Anthony Mechler officiated at the services and burial
was in Calvary cemetery.
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Books Collected
for Soldiers
Sun Out Early
The Sun will come out
early next week *due to
Christmas. 11; will be printed
on Monday and delivered
Tuesday morning. All news
and advertisements must be
in the office by 9 o'clock
Monday morning and will be
accepted any time during the
week-end.
One Hurt in Accident
Monday; Mo Hits
Train in Aultman
George Moore Injured in Collision on Route S; Others
Escape in Two Other Accidents
Abrasions of the knee and shock
were the only injuries John Cordes.
of North Canton received Monday
morning at 7:40 when the automobile he was driving collided with
a train at the B. and O. crossing
in Aultman.
Mr. Cordes' car, which struck
the engine, was completely demolished in the accident. The engineer
'stated that he had sounded his'
whistls twice for the crossing and
Cordes said he heard the whistle
but when he saw the train was
unable to stop in time.
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Auto-Truck Collision
George Moore of Greentown sus
tained a dislocated and fractured
right shoulder, fractured ribs and
lacerations of the forehead Mon
day evening when his.' "auto was!
struck from the rear by a truck
operated by James Spivey of Hartville.
The collision occurred on Cleve-5
land,avs. and 40th street -.when
anci-f A.'Spivey staited to pass Moore.-.The
tlruck'struck the rear of the auto,
causing the accident. Moore \va:
Taken to Mercy hospital f6r treatment.
Reeder in Accident
No one was very seriously injured in a second accident at Aultman on Mouda> afternoon when
the automobile driven by W. H.
Rseder was struck by another automobile.
Mr. Reeder had just pulled our
in front of the Forest Wise stoit
;>nd started to cross the road to
the Pittsburg road when he saw the
ether car approaching. He -was unable to stop in time and the front
cf his.machine was struck by the
other auto which was traveling
east.
E. N. Scholnik was the other-
driver and there were four passengers in his auto, ail on their way
home from work in Akron.
The front part of the Reedei
machine was wrecked and the fender and wheel of the other car were
damaged.
Listening to War of Words
WASHINGTON; D. C.—This Was the House of Representatives,
lease and packed, as President Roosevelt told Congress and the nation that "our people, our territory and our interests-are in grave danger," and asked a declaration of war against Japan. Later in the week
Congress declared war against Germany and Italy.
Caroling to Climax Club Activities
at Community Building for Holidays
Christmas Carols, Chimes
to Ring Out Over Village
Public Address System to Broadcast Half Hour Concert Before Annual Cantata and Pantomime Program in Auditorium
Library Headquarters for Do-
- nations From Clubs, Individuals
Members of North Canton Rotary club as well as individuals
are collecting books and magazines
to be sent to the soldiers at Camp'
Shelby.
The books are being collected at
the library and when enough are
gathered will be sent to the camp.
Anyone who. wishes to contribute
may leave their books or magazines at the library.
Fewer Arrests
in Village
Seven drivers answered charges
of careless driving, in the mayor's
court this week, showing a decided
decrease in the numbers that are
usually listed.
Those drivers arrested by local
police officers were Jack Swank of
Canton, Leo J. Newhouse of Canton, Lawrence Clark of Canton,
Constantine Farcasin of Cincinnati.
Eugene Sheffield of Akron and
Patrick - Gray of Canton.
Virgil Joseph Foltz of Poitage
St. was arrested by state patrolmen.
Gift Exchanges, Christmas
Parties Fill Calendar for
Final Week
Christmas parties are on schedule for most of the clubs at the
Commvnity building this week,
climaxed next Tuesday evening
with a supper and caroling throughout the village before they disband
for the holiday season.
Girl Resaive Sub Debs will have
a Christmas party and gift ex-
ciange Saturday -morning at 10
o'clock.
Girl Reserve Debs will meet
Thursday evening at - 5:30 and
Tuesday evening- of this Week members of the Prep Friendship club
Girl Scouts will have, their gift
change. Tod Lowry was in charge,
iri Scouts will have their gift
exchange Sunday evening after
they have gone caroling.
Junior Girl Reserves will fini.?k
fjitu stocking - project" Thursday
■evening when the -stocking they
have made will be filled with small
gifts and given to a social agency
for distribution -to the needy. The
girls will have a social hour following the completion ' of their
work.
Friendly Indians had a supper at
th3- Community ■ building Wednesday'evening and next Monday after
school the Rangers will have a supper meeting.
During the holidays all regular
club meetings will be cancelled as
well ss gym classes. Ths craft shop
will remain open and there will be
open-gym periods scheduled for
those who want them.
Next Tuesday evening at S:i">
members of all the clubs who plan
to go caroling will meet at the
Community building and go out to
sing Christmao carols. Club leaders
will be on hand to direct the caroling and they will cover the greater part of the village.
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Honor Society
to Conduct Paper
Safe This Friday
Proceeds to Be Used io Establish Scholar-ship Fund, Enlarge School Library
In connection with the National
Defense effort to conserve waste
paper, and for the benefit of future
North Canton scholars, the North
Canton high school National Honor
society has announced a one day
drive on Friday- of this week to
collect old papers and magazines
tit the school building.
. Funds received from the sale oc
the paper will be used to increase
the books in the .high school library and to start a scholarship
fund to aid local students who are
worthy to continue their education
in college.
Due to the fact that there is no
place to store the paper, the drive
will last only for one day. Any one
who has' papers to contribute
should see that they are taken to
the school, on Friday. If" it is impossible to bring them, the donors
should call the school and the paper
may be picked up.
The entire society is working on
the project which .is one of the
most ambitious ones sponsored by
the organization in several years.
Richard Claypool is president of
the organization and William Nagel, faculty adviser.
Ghuroh Ohrfsfsnas
Program Sunday
en
Christmas carols, ringing out across the village homes
on Monday evening*, will again announce the Christmas .program at the North Canton high school and the beginning;.of
Christmas vacation for the several hundred school children.
The school's broadcasting system will send out the program of carols from records played in the school, starting.at
7 o'clock. One half hour later the program is scheduled.tp
start in the school building" with a candlelight procession by
members of the high school mixed chorus. * .. -
In addition to the Christmas
carols which the chorus will present under the direction of William Finefrock, music supervisor,
there will also be a special .number, "Light," by the chorus and
two special selections, "The Lord's
Prayer" and the "Children's Prayer" from Hansel and Gretel, presented by the girls' chorus. Miss
Leah Ann Grant will be * soloist
with the girls' chorus. ' ' ,
Following this first, completely
musical part "of the " program by
the high school group under the
direction of Mr. Finefrock, grade
school and junior high school children will present a pageant and
cantata, "The Music of Bethlehem." • .
The cantata is based on the
Christmas' story taken from the
Bible. The part of Mary will be
played by Annette LaRocco while
Joseph will be portrayed by Duane
Patterson.
Angels who told the Christmas
story will be Ruth -Arter, Joyce
Carol Israel, and Eileen Mooreand
the shepherds will* be Mark Rubright, Richard Rohrer, • Harold
Murphy and Paul Sluss. Jane Colston will be the reader.
Soloists in the cantata will be
Audrey Hamilton, Glenn Farter.
Jane Denton, Shirley Olson, Shirley
DeMuesy, Joy Clark, Ruth Burkholtz, Ginevra Grant, and Laura
Shanemaiv Doris Day and Peggy
Capley are accompanists.
A special pantomime- will bj
given bv six girls, representing
angels, while "Silent Night" is being played. Those girls are Dorothy
Cobb, Nancy Traut, Thelma. Witwer, Joan" "Jefferson, Mary Ann
Schaeffer, and Catherine Price. The
girls are directed, by Miss Helen
Schleppi and Doris Trachsel.
In addition to the evening program, children in the first three ,
grades, under the direction of their
teachers, are to present a Christmas program Monday morning in
the high school at 9 o'clock, based
on the theme of Santa Claus. All
parents are invited to attend this
part of the program which has
been arranged to give the small er
children a share in the Christroab
celebration.
The committee which has been
working on the program includes
A. Clarke Miller, William Finefrock, Miss Mary Evans, Miss Helen Schleppi" and Miss Jean Morrison.
Community Building
Gets Holiday Garb
Ring Group Decorates Lob
bies, Front of Building With
Greenety
The Community building put -A
its holiday garb Tuesday evening
as members of the ling group got
together to finish the Christmas
decorations which they had startad
last week.
Greenery and lighted bulbs were
put up over the main doorway to
complete the decoration of the
window which had previously
been'painted with various colors to
resemble a stained glass window.
In the boys' and girls' lobby
Helen King, Rita Horning and An-
nabelle Getz trimmed the tree and
distribvted the other decorations
while in the-senior lobby Janet
Hoy, Pat Schaeffer,~June Arter and
Aleene Grove .put up the tree.
Phyllis Meyers, Betty Bierie and
Jean Bricker decoiat-ed the outside
of the building while the window
was painted by Betty Schrecken-
gost, Betty Mooring and Pat Wood.
Raymond Bo Frank
Siiscumlis in Ifosplfai
er
Sunday evening at 7:30 the Community Christian church will present its annual Christmas program
of music, recitations and a playlet.
An organ prelude will open the
program, to be followed by the
congregation singing Christmas
carols. Miss Mairha Jean Oberlin
will give a xylophone solo to be
followed by a playlet given by Mrs.
Maynard Hummel's class.
.Jean Shilling and Sally Berrodin
both will present solos and Ray- j
mond Mummery will give a recitation.
Mr. and-Mrs. A. A. Swope will
sing a duet and there will be three
numbers by the Woman's "club
chorus, in addition to Christmas
carols sung by the Junior department.
To accommodate the Christmas
lush, the* North ■ Canton branch
postoffice- has announced a change
in the schedule of hours.
Thursday ahd Friday of this
week the post .office will remain
open until S o'clock. On Saturday
it will be open until six in the evening instead of one o'clock and on
Monday and Tuesday of next week
it will again be open until S o'clock
in the evening.
Students Buy Bonds
Solemn Requiem, high mass -wiij
be conducted for Raymond B.
Frank, in St. Paul's-church Friday
morning at 9:30 o'clock with Eev.
Fr. Anthony Mechler celebrant,
Msgr. George Habig, deacon and
Rev. Fr. Thomas Heiman sub-deacon.
Mr. Frank died Tuesday morning
in Mercy hospital wheie he had
been taken a week ag'o. Ho was one
of the proprietors of , the Frank
Bros, fruit and vegetable stand in
the Auditorium market.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Catherine A. Frank, two sono,
Joseph and James; five daughters,
Maiy. Ro=a Marie, Susann, Nancy
and Monica, all of the home; four
brothers. Herman of Massillon, Ed-
waid of Lake Cable, Ellia and Richard of Canton; and four . sisters,
Mrs. Henry A. Schneider, and Mis.
Victor Horning of North Canton,
Mrs. Martin Seifert of Massillon
and Mrs. Edwin- P. Rohr of North
Lswrer.ce.
Mr. Frank was a native of North
Canton end had. lived in this vicinity all his life. Wackerly funeiv.I
parloih aie in charge of the service.
Gradale Has
Sister of
Marshal Dies
The sale of U, S. Defense bonds
which is being conducted in the
North Canton schools by the student council resulted in the sale of
£35 worth in the niade school ->n
the first day the sale opened and
ij25 worth in the high school building.
There's Got to be a Santa Claus
By Channing Pollock
When she was a very little giii.
m> daughter asked, "What would
you do if there weren't any trees ?"
"Why," I answered, lightheart-
erly. "we'd have to invent some. We
couldn't get oh without trees."
Thate are quite a lot of things—
food, shelter, clothing—we couldn't
get on without, and a number of
wise men have made my suggestion
—we'd have to invent them. What
wc must have even more than these
are toed for the mind, shelter for
the spirit, that which clothes the
nakedness of mere animal existence, and gives warmth to human
contacts.
We celebrate Christmas as a religious festival, but a Christmas
was celebrated hundreds of yeais
befoie Christ. The ancient peopie
of the Angli, in what Is now Britain, had in December a Modranecht,
or "mothers' night." There had to
be a day set aside for kindness,
and generosity, and remembering
those we love,, and those less fortunate.
'. Before and since Dickens wrote
hi4 immortal "A Christmas Carol,"
thlre have^^g}*! a fe?w- Scrooges
who cried of Christmas, "Bah. hum- j shall have" what they want
bug!" I have heard mod-em need, and that we shall see
Sciooges call it a shopkeepers'! pleasure in their eyss-. and feel the
and
th
holiday, and a nuisance, but for the
overwhelming majorii} of us, as
fer Scroope's nephew, it is "a good
time; a kind, forgiving, charitable,
pleasant time; the only time I
know of in the lone calendar of
the year when men and women
open their shut-up hei its freely . .
I say God bless it!"
There is' a certain r.u-ric in a
day when even- Strangei a bid us be
merry; Nvhen the mall .md telephone and telegraph and all the
means of communication commonly devoted to business bring cheery
wishes for "Merrv Christmas!'*
Shopkeepers' holiday? Bah! Humbug! It isn't a necktie or a dollar
bill that we slip into the hand of
the janitor or the postman: it's
goodwill and thank you for- a year
of service. It isn't a toy train that
we put under the tree for Junior,
or a muffler that we wrap in reoVi sbout the.".crate, of oranges that
tissue for- - Aunt Julia, but the
knowledge-that* Junior has always
wanted agtrainj. and Aunt Julia has
needed a-iMqfEler, and ffie" loving
desire .ttartSSust this one day, they
'.varmth oi their joyful Kisses.
Believe* it. or not, and smile ;f
von like, but, at—well, say 60, my
wite and I still hang up our stockings. What a lot.of.love and laugh
ter and tenderness goes into ths
trifling gifts we select" 'for those
symbols. We trim our little tre"
with bright stars and tinsel, and
fer days ahead, in secret; we write
messages, and wrap things in giy
paper, and hide them from one another until the morning" of mornings.
Shopkeepers' holiday* Was ;t
only a shaving kit I could have got
for .myself that, went into that
-starry package, - - or was it my
daughter's heart' that remembered
the: time, ages ago, when- I: said,
"Damn that old razor! Some day
I'm going to have one that fits Into my *ha*n*d*- properly!"? What
Marshal Russell Smith was called
to Flint, Mich, last Thursday by
the sadden death of his sister, Mrs.
Samuel Olmstead.
Mrs. Olmstead, who was in good
health, collapsed and died suddenly
from a heart attack.
Marshal Smith was accompanied
by Mis. Smith and their children.
They returned to North Canton
late Satuiday.
Joy Bell Ringer
Twenty members of Gradale, in-
j eluding former members and pros-
: pective new members were enter-
i tained at a Christmas party at the
Community building Tuesday evening.
' The evening was spent playing
Monte Carlo bridge with prizes going to Jean Lowry, Evelyn Gatrell,
Inez Climes and Betty Schavey.
A buffet supper was served and
the table was decorated in keeping
with the season, with a large
cake.
The committee in charge of the
program and refreshments was
Eileen McCue, Kay Trachsel, Virginia Warstler, Mildred Brong and
Doiothy Saunders.
The next meeting of the sororiry
will be on December 30.
comes, every- Ghr-istmas from a colored, elevator* troy in Florida? I
can buy" better oranges,, but I can't
buy what- -comes, with these.".
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Wilbur Fish, nationally known joy bell ringer firdiH Columbus, will
appear at St. Jacob's Evangelical and Reformed church in Cairo on
Friday evening, Dec. 19, at-7:30.
Mr. Fish plays tunes with 32 cowbells, -36 glasses, a musical saw,
London cricket bells and a vibra harp. His music on this program will
be familiar Christmas carols. The children of the church school -will
also appear on the program. ••
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Are We One People?
In the* past month I have travelled from one end of the
continent to the othei'—through big towns, little towns and
villages. And, whenever I have spoken, 1 have been asked one
question-^!-**; "there a difference between the people in the
various sections of this land of ours ?
>,- If there is, I have not found it—for the one thing which
impressed me most was the unity of purpose on basic questions; The difference lies in the method by which that purpose,is to be achieved.
7 Fundamentally jthe desires are the same—a home; v a
family, honest work at fair recompense, friends and leisure
time enough" to "enjoy life. But these" desires imply other
things as well—a home safe from fear; a family growing
together with common ideals and aspirations; honest work
at some constructive task, at a recompense that will enable
a.'famify to live decently, honestly and with enough margin
to- save for the future: friends who are free to be loyal and
kind; leisure in.which to learn and in which to take part in
community life, to seiwe as a citizen for the betterment of
ap. . ' ' '
\ These are the basic aspirations. But they-require peace
and prosperity' to work them out. Not a peace of appeasement nor a prosperity of wild speculation,, but a peace based
on justice toward all and a prosperity with a sound economic
footing. '. -7.• - .. :-y ■■- .
i\ ,We can-'achieve this* goal in our time—for bur children's
time;—if we act as a^iatjon. We are the greatest single force
ii ,the world today^3^^^ct..a&.-.ONE—not in slavish obedi-
ence/but in willing.ctJop^ation. We have the " natural' resources and the:p'rodJjc^^ability to make us ...the-strongest
VOL. 19—No. 8
NORTH CANTON,. STARK COUNTY. OHIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1941
$1.50 PER YE.4R
Red Cross Starts War
Drive for Fifty IVIillion
Ten Thousand Red Cross Nurses, Nurses' Aides, Knitters
and Sewers Needed in Addition to Funds for War Relief
mine, peace and;to .achieve justice for all mankind.-
,' But we can't' do-it sitting back on the side lines criticizing. The people of this country want the same things, no
matter for which party they vote, or to which church they
go- Let us, the people of the United States, act together now.
Let us not be misled by alien agitators or publicity seeking
dissenters into thinking- there is disunity. Let us weld the
bonds of unity stronger than, ever to defend a .common ideal
in theface of common danger! Let us prove to the world that
•we are ONE people.
A Prayer for the President
From the Writings of Dr. Charles Stelzle
Thou Great Sovereign of all nations, Thou King of
Kings, and Lord of hosts, in these perilous times of war and
rumors of war, when all the powers of hate have been loosed
to-kill and to destroy, we pray that Thy Spirit may steady
the minds and quicken the hearts of those who call themselves by Thy name,, acknowledging Thee as Father.
' We pray especially for the President of these United
States, upon whom-has been laid heavy burdens and grave
responsibilities, as he speaks for our country and for its
people.
- Renew his strength as daily his burdens increase. Give
him the wisdom and understanding that cometh only from
above. Protect him from those whose motives and methods
are prompted by* the spirit of selfishness or personal ambition.
; Show him Thy will. Out of the conflict of counsel may
T;hy voice come unto him saying: This is the way—walk ye
ii*t it. And as Thy will is revealed, increase his faith, so that
he may go forth in thJe consciousness of having-fulfilled the
task committed to him.
' Arid we pray that -he, with us, shall seek above all things
else to honor and glorify Thee, hastening the coming of Thy
Kingdom upon earth, and the rule" of the spirit of brother-
Hood-in the-lives and the hearts of all peoples of the earth
sp-that all nations may dwell together in peace and unity.
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"What are yon doing to help
vour country today in ber hour of
need?"
That is the question every loyal
American might well ask himself
as the struggle in the Pacific region grows more violent and tlie
war in Europe comes to our shorelines.
At the moment was was declared
the American Red Cross, plung-ed
into unlimited tasks- ahead of it
and is now working on "a complete
war basis. There - will have to be
more materials made for civilians
and soldiers. There must.be a huge
increase in funds to carry on the
work which lies ahead.
The national war time, quota for
funds has been set at 550,000,000.
Canton area quota is $7,000, only
a small portion of the entire fund.
But it is going to take the cooperation of every person to put across
the drive. If each person in the district would contribute one rlav's
woik to the drive there would be
twice the amount contributed for
which the.quota calls.
All funds contributed to the Red
Cross in this present drive, which
is not the regular Red - Cross roll
call, will'be used for relief work in
war activities.-They will be used
for aid throughout the nation in
cases of sabotage as well as direct
war disaster.
Funds may be sent directly to
Canton Red Cross headquarters,
turned in at. the Red Cross booth
on the Canton square or tuinfd in
at either the George D. Ha iter
branch or, the Citizens' branch in
North Canton.
Individuals, clubs or any other
organizations are asked to do all
they can to help in this cause. In
addition to funds being accepted at
the bank, solicitors may call for
them. All persons turning money
over to solicitors should be certain
that it is going to the Red Cross.
Those who collect money will have
receipts which they may give io
doners to prove they are Red Cross
workers.
, In addition to funds* there is a
great'-need for volunteer worke
both*in sewing**projects
■nursing. - ' *: "
Ten thousand additional Red
Cross nurses are needed at once for
work throughout the nation and
many more volunteer nurses' aid-es
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Dealer Funeral
Held Tuesday
Auto Accident Victim Buried
in Calvary Cemetery
Funeral services were-held Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock for Austin Bealer, veteran Hoover employee who died early Saturday
morning from, injuries suffered in
an automobile accident Friday evening.
Mr. Bealer was injuied when his
automobile left the, highway on
Wise road, and struck a tree on the
left side of the highway. He was
taken to Mercy hospital by a passing motorist but was unable to be
questioned concerning the accident.
He is survived by bis widow,
Mrs. Vietta E. Bealer; his father,
David Bealer of Greentown; seven
brothers, Charles and Frank of
Canton, John of Akron, Willis and
Raymond of Greentown, Fred of
Springfield Lake, and George of
Wise Road; and five sisters, Mrs.
Charles Stull of Alliance, Mrs. Ellis Hossler and Mrs. Ray Schroyer
of Greentown, Mrs. Arthur Gitz
and Mrs. David Mackin of Wise
road.
Rev. Fr. Anthony Mechler officiated at the services and burial
was in Calvary cemetery.
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Books Collected
for Soldiers
Sun Out Early
The Sun will come out
early next week *due to
Christmas. 11; will be printed
on Monday and delivered
Tuesday morning. All news
and advertisements must be
in the office by 9 o'clock
Monday morning and will be
accepted any time during the
week-end.
One Hurt in Accident
Monday; Mo Hits
Train in Aultman
George Moore Injured in Collision on Route S; Others
Escape in Two Other Accidents
Abrasions of the knee and shock
were the only injuries John Cordes.
of North Canton received Monday
morning at 7:40 when the automobile he was driving collided with
a train at the B. and O. crossing
in Aultman.
Mr. Cordes' car, which struck
the engine, was completely demolished in the accident. The engineer
'stated that he had sounded his'
whistls twice for the crossing and
Cordes said he heard the whistle
but when he saw the train was
unable to stop in time.
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Auto-Truck Collision
George Moore of Greentown sus
tained a dislocated and fractured
right shoulder, fractured ribs and
lacerations of the forehead Mon
day evening when his.' "auto was!
struck from the rear by a truck
operated by James Spivey of Hartville.
The collision occurred on Cleve-5
land,avs. and 40th street -.when
anci-f A.'Spivey staited to pass Moore.-.The
tlruck'struck the rear of the auto,
causing the accident. Moore \va:
Taken to Mercy hospital f6r treatment.
Reeder in Accident
No one was very seriously injured in a second accident at Aultman on Mouda> afternoon when
the automobile driven by W. H.
Rseder was struck by another automobile.
Mr. Reeder had just pulled our
in front of the Forest Wise stoit
;>nd started to cross the road to
the Pittsburg road when he saw the
ether car approaching. He -was unable to stop in time and the front
cf his.machine was struck by the
other auto which was traveling
east.
E. N. Scholnik was the other-
driver and there were four passengers in his auto, ail on their way
home from work in Akron.
The front part of the Reedei
machine was wrecked and the fender and wheel of the other car were
damaged.
Listening to War of Words
WASHINGTON; D. C.—This Was the House of Representatives,
lease and packed, as President Roosevelt told Congress and the nation that "our people, our territory and our interests-are in grave danger," and asked a declaration of war against Japan. Later in the week
Congress declared war against Germany and Italy.
Caroling to Climax Club Activities
at Community Building for Holidays
Christmas Carols, Chimes
to Ring Out Over Village
Public Address System to Broadcast Half Hour Concert Before Annual Cantata and Pantomime Program in Auditorium
Library Headquarters for Do-
- nations From Clubs, Individuals
Members of North Canton Rotary club as well as individuals
are collecting books and magazines
to be sent to the soldiers at Camp'
Shelby.
The books are being collected at
the library and when enough are
gathered will be sent to the camp.
Anyone who. wishes to contribute
may leave their books or magazines at the library.
Fewer Arrests
in Village
Seven drivers answered charges
of careless driving, in the mayor's
court this week, showing a decided
decrease in the numbers that are
usually listed.
Those drivers arrested by local
police officers were Jack Swank of
Canton, Leo J. Newhouse of Canton, Lawrence Clark of Canton,
Constantine Farcasin of Cincinnati.
Eugene Sheffield of Akron and
Patrick - Gray of Canton.
Virgil Joseph Foltz of Poitage
St. was arrested by state patrolmen.
Gift Exchanges, Christmas
Parties Fill Calendar for
Final Week
Christmas parties are on schedule for most of the clubs at the
Commvnity building this week,
climaxed next Tuesday evening
with a supper and caroling throughout the village before they disband
for the holiday season.
Girl Resaive Sub Debs will have
a Christmas party and gift ex-
ciange Saturday -morning at 10
o'clock.
Girl Reserve Debs will meet
Thursday evening at - 5:30 and
Tuesday evening- of this Week members of the Prep Friendship club
Girl Scouts will have, their gift
change. Tod Lowry was in charge,
iri Scouts will have their gift
exchange Sunday evening after
they have gone caroling.
Junior Girl Reserves will fini.?k
fjitu stocking - project" Thursday
■evening when the -stocking they
have made will be filled with small
gifts and given to a social agency
for distribution -to the needy. The
girls will have a social hour following the completion ' of their
work.
Friendly Indians had a supper at
th3- Community ■ building Wednesday'evening and next Monday after
school the Rangers will have a supper meeting.
During the holidays all regular
club meetings will be cancelled as
well ss gym classes. Ths craft shop
will remain open and there will be
open-gym periods scheduled for
those who want them.
Next Tuesday evening at S:i">
members of all the clubs who plan
to go caroling will meet at the
Community building and go out to
sing Christmao carols. Club leaders
will be on hand to direct the caroling and they will cover the greater part of the village.
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Honor Society
to Conduct Paper
Safe This Friday
Proceeds to Be Used io Establish Scholar-ship Fund, Enlarge School Library
In connection with the National
Defense effort to conserve waste
paper, and for the benefit of future
North Canton scholars, the North
Canton high school National Honor
society has announced a one day
drive on Friday- of this week to
collect old papers and magazines
tit the school building.
. Funds received from the sale oc
the paper will be used to increase
the books in the .high school library and to start a scholarship
fund to aid local students who are
worthy to continue their education
in college.
Due to the fact that there is no
place to store the paper, the drive
will last only for one day. Any one
who has' papers to contribute
should see that they are taken to
the school, on Friday. If" it is impossible to bring them, the donors
should call the school and the paper
may be picked up.
The entire society is working on
the project which .is one of the
most ambitious ones sponsored by
the organization in several years.
Richard Claypool is president of
the organization and William Nagel, faculty adviser.
Ghuroh Ohrfsfsnas
Program Sunday
en
Christmas carols, ringing out across the village homes
on Monday evening*, will again announce the Christmas .program at the North Canton high school and the beginning;.of
Christmas vacation for the several hundred school children.
The school's broadcasting system will send out the program of carols from records played in the school, starting.at
7 o'clock. One half hour later the program is scheduled.tp
start in the school building" with a candlelight procession by
members of the high school mixed chorus. * .. -
In addition to the Christmas
carols which the chorus will present under the direction of William Finefrock, music supervisor,
there will also be a special .number, "Light," by the chorus and
two special selections, "The Lord's
Prayer" and the "Children's Prayer" from Hansel and Gretel, presented by the girls' chorus. Miss
Leah Ann Grant will be * soloist
with the girls' chorus. ' ' ,
Following this first, completely
musical part "of the " program by
the high school group under the
direction of Mr. Finefrock, grade
school and junior high school children will present a pageant and
cantata, "The Music of Bethlehem." • .
The cantata is based on the
Christmas' story taken from the
Bible. The part of Mary will be
played by Annette LaRocco while
Joseph will be portrayed by Duane
Patterson.
Angels who told the Christmas
story will be Ruth -Arter, Joyce
Carol Israel, and Eileen Mooreand
the shepherds will* be Mark Rubright, Richard Rohrer, • Harold
Murphy and Paul Sluss. Jane Colston will be the reader.
Soloists in the cantata will be
Audrey Hamilton, Glenn Farter.
Jane Denton, Shirley Olson, Shirley
DeMuesy, Joy Clark, Ruth Burkholtz, Ginevra Grant, and Laura
Shanemaiv Doris Day and Peggy
Capley are accompanists.
A special pantomime- will bj
given bv six girls, representing
angels, while "Silent Night" is being played. Those girls are Dorothy
Cobb, Nancy Traut, Thelma. Witwer, Joan" "Jefferson, Mary Ann
Schaeffer, and Catherine Price. The
girls are directed, by Miss Helen
Schleppi and Doris Trachsel.
In addition to the evening program, children in the first three ,
grades, under the direction of their
teachers, are to present a Christmas program Monday morning in
the high school at 9 o'clock, based
on the theme of Santa Claus. All
parents are invited to attend this
part of the program which has
been arranged to give the small er
children a share in the Christroab
celebration.
The committee which has been
working on the program includes
A. Clarke Miller, William Finefrock, Miss Mary Evans, Miss Helen Schleppi" and Miss Jean Morrison.
Community Building
Gets Holiday Garb
Ring Group Decorates Lob
bies, Front of Building With
Greenety
The Community building put -A
its holiday garb Tuesday evening
as members of the ling group got
together to finish the Christmas
decorations which they had startad
last week.
Greenery and lighted bulbs were
put up over the main doorway to
complete the decoration of the
window which had previously
been'painted with various colors to
resemble a stained glass window.
In the boys' and girls' lobby
Helen King, Rita Horning and An-
nabelle Getz trimmed the tree and
distribvted the other decorations
while in the-senior lobby Janet
Hoy, Pat Schaeffer,~June Arter and
Aleene Grove .put up the tree.
Phyllis Meyers, Betty Bierie and
Jean Bricker decoiat-ed the outside
of the building while the window
was painted by Betty Schrecken-
gost, Betty Mooring and Pat Wood.
Raymond Bo Frank
Siiscumlis in Ifosplfai
er
Sunday evening at 7:30 the Community Christian church will present its annual Christmas program
of music, recitations and a playlet.
An organ prelude will open the
program, to be followed by the
congregation singing Christmas
carols. Miss Mairha Jean Oberlin
will give a xylophone solo to be
followed by a playlet given by Mrs.
Maynard Hummel's class.
.Jean Shilling and Sally Berrodin
both will present solos and Ray- j
mond Mummery will give a recitation.
Mr. and-Mrs. A. A. Swope will
sing a duet and there will be three
numbers by the Woman's "club
chorus, in addition to Christmas
carols sung by the Junior department.
To accommodate the Christmas
lush, the* North ■ Canton branch
postoffice- has announced a change
in the schedule of hours.
Thursday ahd Friday of this
week the post .office will remain
open until S o'clock. On Saturday
it will be open until six in the evening instead of one o'clock and on
Monday and Tuesday of next week
it will again be open until S o'clock
in the evening.
Students Buy Bonds
Solemn Requiem, high mass -wiij
be conducted for Raymond B.
Frank, in St. Paul's-church Friday
morning at 9:30 o'clock with Eev.
Fr. Anthony Mechler celebrant,
Msgr. George Habig, deacon and
Rev. Fr. Thomas Heiman sub-deacon.
Mr. Frank died Tuesday morning
in Mercy hospital wheie he had
been taken a week ag'o. Ho was one
of the proprietors of , the Frank
Bros, fruit and vegetable stand in
the Auditorium market.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Catherine A. Frank, two sono,
Joseph and James; five daughters,
Maiy. Ro=a Marie, Susann, Nancy
and Monica, all of the home; four
brothers. Herman of Massillon, Ed-
waid of Lake Cable, Ellia and Richard of Canton; and four . sisters,
Mrs. Henry A. Schneider, and Mis.
Victor Horning of North Canton,
Mrs. Martin Seifert of Massillon
and Mrs. Edwin- P. Rohr of North
Lswrer.ce.
Mr. Frank was a native of North
Canton end had. lived in this vicinity all his life. Wackerly funeiv.I
parloih aie in charge of the service.
Gradale Has
Sister of
Marshal Dies
The sale of U, S. Defense bonds
which is being conducted in the
North Canton schools by the student council resulted in the sale of
£35 worth in the niade school ->n
the first day the sale opened and
ij25 worth in the high school building.
There's Got to be a Santa Claus
By Channing Pollock
When she was a very little giii.
m> daughter asked, "What would
you do if there weren't any trees ?"
"Why," I answered, lightheart-
erly. "we'd have to invent some. We
couldn't get oh without trees."
Thate are quite a lot of things—
food, shelter, clothing—we couldn't
get on without, and a number of
wise men have made my suggestion
—we'd have to invent them. What
wc must have even more than these
are toed for the mind, shelter for
the spirit, that which clothes the
nakedness of mere animal existence, and gives warmth to human
contacts.
We celebrate Christmas as a religious festival, but a Christmas
was celebrated hundreds of yeais
befoie Christ. The ancient peopie
of the Angli, in what Is now Britain, had in December a Modranecht,
or "mothers' night." There had to
be a day set aside for kindness,
and generosity, and remembering
those we love,, and those less fortunate.
'. Before and since Dickens wrote
hi4 immortal "A Christmas Carol,"
thlre have^^g}*! a fe?w- Scrooges
who cried of Christmas, "Bah. hum- j shall have" what they want
bug!" I have heard mod-em need, and that we shall see
Sciooges call it a shopkeepers'! pleasure in their eyss-. and feel the
and
th
holiday, and a nuisance, but for the
overwhelming majorii} of us, as
fer Scroope's nephew, it is "a good
time; a kind, forgiving, charitable,
pleasant time; the only time I
know of in the lone calendar of
the year when men and women
open their shut-up hei its freely . .
I say God bless it!"
There is' a certain r.u-ric in a
day when even- Strangei a bid us be
merry; Nvhen the mall .md telephone and telegraph and all the
means of communication commonly devoted to business bring cheery
wishes for "Merrv Christmas!'*
Shopkeepers' holiday? Bah! Humbug! It isn't a necktie or a dollar
bill that we slip into the hand of
the janitor or the postman: it's
goodwill and thank you for- a year
of service. It isn't a toy train that
we put under the tree for Junior,
or a muffler that we wrap in reoVi sbout the.".crate, of oranges that
tissue for- - Aunt Julia, but the
knowledge-that* Junior has always
wanted agtrainj. and Aunt Julia has
needed a-iMqfEler, and ffie" loving
desire .ttartSSust this one day, they
'.varmth oi their joyful Kisses.
Believe* it. or not, and smile ;f
von like, but, at—well, say 60, my
wite and I still hang up our stockings. What a lot.of.love and laugh
ter and tenderness goes into ths
trifling gifts we select" 'for those
symbols. We trim our little tre"
with bright stars and tinsel, and
fer days ahead, in secret; we write
messages, and wrap things in giy
paper, and hide them from one another until the morning" of mornings.
Shopkeepers' holiday* Was ;t
only a shaving kit I could have got
for .myself that, went into that
-starry package, - - or was it my
daughter's heart' that remembered
the: time, ages ago, when- I: said,
"Damn that old razor! Some day
I'm going to have one that fits Into my *ha*n*d*- properly!"? What
Marshal Russell Smith was called
to Flint, Mich, last Thursday by
the sadden death of his sister, Mrs.
Samuel Olmstead.
Mrs. Olmstead, who was in good
health, collapsed and died suddenly
from a heart attack.
Marshal Smith was accompanied
by Mis. Smith and their children.
They returned to North Canton
late Satuiday.
Joy Bell Ringer
Twenty members of Gradale, in-
j eluding former members and pros-
: pective new members were enter-
i tained at a Christmas party at the
Community building Tuesday evening.
' The evening was spent playing
Monte Carlo bridge with prizes going to Jean Lowry, Evelyn Gatrell,
Inez Climes and Betty Schavey.
A buffet supper was served and
the table was decorated in keeping
with the season, with a large
cake.
The committee in charge of the
program and refreshments was
Eileen McCue, Kay Trachsel, Virginia Warstler, Mildred Brong and
Doiothy Saunders.
The next meeting of the sororiry
will be on December 30.
comes, every- Ghr-istmas from a colored, elevator* troy in Florida? I
can buy" better oranges,, but I can't
buy what- -comes, with these.".
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Wilbur Fish, nationally known joy bell ringer firdiH Columbus, will
appear at St. Jacob's Evangelical and Reformed church in Cairo on
Friday evening, Dec. 19, at-7:30.
Mr. Fish plays tunes with 32 cowbells, -36 glasses, a musical saw,
London cricket bells and a vibra harp. His music on this program will
be familiar Christmas carols. The children of the church school -will
also appear on the program. ••
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